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Battle at Lexington
The King’s troops that were known as “redcoats” reached Lexington and saw minutemen waiting for them, in which they were asked to put their weapons down. The minutemen did not listen and fired at them, starting off the first battle of the Revolutionary War that only lasted 15 minutes. -
Battle at Concord
The second battle of the War happened, in which around 3,000-4,000 minutemen came and fired at the British troops. This caused many of the British soldiers to be killed and only a few made it back to Boston. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British general Thomas Gage decided to strike at militiamen on Breed’s Hill. He sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill and after the battle was done, it was known as the deadliest battle of the war. -
New York
As a part of a plan to stop the rebellion by isolating New England, the British quickly attempted to seize New York. The British sailed into New York Harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000 soldiers. -
Trenton
The British then marched to Trenton, New Jersey and defeated a garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack. They also were able to capture the American capital at Philadelphia in September of 1777. -
Saratoga
General Burgoyne planned to lead an army down a route of lakes from Canada to Albany, where he would meet the British troops that arrived from New York. After finding out that the British officers were not going to make it, American troops surrounded him at Saratoga, where he surrendered at October 17, 1777. -
Valley Forge
Washington and his Continental Army fought to stay alive at a winter camp in Valley Forge after they were desperately low on food as well as supplies. More than 2,000 soldiers died and the survivors filled Washington's letters to the Congress as well as his friends. -
Philadelphia
Philadelphia was the "headquarters" of the colonies during the American Revolutionary War. This is the city that the British also captured. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Lafayette lobbied France for French reinforcements in 1779. He also led a command in Virginia in the last years of war, which led for the raw Continental Army to become an effective fighting force. -
Yorktown
After American troops continuously surrounded the British, defeating all the fleets, the British surrendered. The Americans shocked the world and defeated the British. -
Treaty of Paris
The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris. This confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundaries of the new nation. the United States now stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to the Florida border.
